Episode 227 Practical evaluation (1)
A large training hall near the Transcendental Science Museum aircraft storage area.
The final point of the maneuver test, the first test of this joint airframe evaluation.
There, students in the low-level technical class were staring straight ahead with tense eyes.
The figure they had been waiting for appeared on the horizon bordering the plain.
“Wow, it’s here!”
“who is this? “Who is first?”
Murmurs of voices erupted from all over the place.
Soon, the transcendental planes coming from afar came into view.
There, two transcendental planes were running to and fro, followed closely by two other transcendental planes.
Thump-thump-.
The two leading units of the Transcendental Machine raced forward with terrifying momentum.
The aircraft that passed the finish line first had the number 30 written on it.
The aircraft that took second place by a narrow margin was number 63.
Afterwards, numbers 56 and 89 crossed the finish line with a few seconds difference.
The teaching assistants who wrote down their records on report cards clicked their tongues.
“… “It’s a new record.”
“Shortening the record by 15 minutes… … .”
And that’s not just one person, but four people.
When the teaching assistants hold out their tongues like that.
The rear boarding gate of Flight 30 opened and a woman with long silver hair came out.
Carney, who lightly jumped off the boarding gate several meters away, raised both hands and shouted.
“It’s first place!”
At the same time, Khan, who got off flight 63, looked distressed.
“Tsk!”
“You are no good to me. “Please call me sister for the next 10 years!”
“It was a 0.1 second difference!”
“Whether it is 0.1 second or 0.01 second! “If you lose, you lose, right?”
“Tsk!”
With this evaluation, it seemed like they made a bet among themselves about the place of their older brother and older sister.
While they were arguing, Tania got off the 56th plane, which came in 3rd place, and Kendrick got off the 89th plane, which came in 4th place.
The technology class students around looked at the four and shook their heads.
‘I heard it… It’s really amazing.’
There was no one who didn’t know about the silver-haired twins and the red-haired siblings.
The strongest freshman in the history of the Transcendental Academy.
And not just one, but four.
‘How are we supposed to beat those guys?!’
The aircraft of the Transcendental Hakkwan all had the same specifications.
Here, the performance of the aircraft varies depending on how it is tuned and how well it is maintained.
But the difference was not that big.
Therefore, the ranking of the aircraft evaluation was largely overturned depending on the capabilities of the students in the control class handling the Transcendent Aircraft.
In that sense, there was no control student who could surpass the capabilities of the twins and flame siblings.
In other words, if you were a member of the same group as those four, you could receive a high evaluation score.
And as if to prove this, there was a constant smile on the faces of the four members of the group.
Among them, the face of Carney’s team member Vin, who won first place, was so bright that it almost glowed.
“Kah, Kani!”
Vin rushed to Carney carrying a canteen and towel.
“Well, you worked hard. Kanye, you’re in first place! “As expected, it’s amazing!”
The coldness shown when dealing with Lois did not exist.
Vin’s eyes towards Kani were filled with only shyness.
“uh.”
Even though Carney took the canteen and towel in awe, Bürn looked thrilled.
But even for a moment.
A carny running away somewhere.
When Bün saw who was where she was heading, her expression became scary.
“Roy, Roy! “I won first place!”
The look in your eyes as if asking for praise.
It was an attack with a look that made the heart of another male student watching from the side sink, but Lois, who was actually involved, only waved his hand in annoyance.
“uh.”
Carney snatched Lois’ hand as if he had already expected such an insensitive reaction.
Then he put his hand on my head and moved his head back and forth.
Lois asked sullenly at Carney’s erratic behavior.
“… What are you doing?”
“I’ll take care of my pats!”
While Lois was making a bewildered expression, Tania ran over to Lois and snatched Lois’s other hand, placed it on her head, and did exactly what Carney did.
“I’ll take care of my pats too!”
Dozens of pairs of jealous gazes fell on Lois, who had suddenly had both of her hands taken away.
‘under… do whatever you want.’
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Not long after Lois gave up her hand with an expression of liberation.
Thump-thump-.
Another transcendence that has crossed the finish line.
The moment she saw Transcendence 33, Lois muttered.
“Our three children are here too.”
10 minutes after Carney, who came in first place, came in.
It was an amazing record that shortened the previous best record by 5 minutes, but it overshadowed the previous four records.
Thump-thud-thump-thud-.
Unit 33 slowly slowed down and stood next to the simple ladder.
Push shoo-.
The rear boarding gate opened with a puff of smoke, and a while later, Sierra came down the stairs hurriedly.
Hair sticking to the face due to sweat.
A pale face without any blood.
Trembling legs and arms.
It looked like it would collapse if I hit it.
The teaching assistant seemed to have expected such a situation and pointed to one side.
“If you’re going to throw up, go over there and throw up.”
And as soon as the words were finished, Sierra covered her mouth and ran away.
But no one said anything about it.
Rather, Sierra’s reaction was normal.
What was abnormal were the four people who came in earlier.
The assistant who wrote down Sierra’s notes saw the four people gathered around Lois.
‘What on earth happened to these people?’
There is a separate power device that moves the transcendental machine, but it is the pilot’s attribute power that controls it.
Therefore, the output value of the transcendental device was greatly influenced by the attribute power of the controller.
Additionally, the more intense the Transcendental Movement’s movements, the greater the pilot’s attribute power consumption.
If the pilots, who were now only juniors, were to do strenuous activities such as running for an hour or climbing a mountain, they should have reacted the same way as Sierra did just a moment ago.
No, in some ways, Siera was also in good shape.
In severe cases, I might have vomited up what I ate for lunch in the transcendental machine or fainted from exhaustion.
But those four people were different.
Although they achieved an unprecedented record, they did not show any signs of hardship or even a drop of sweat.
‘Meister Agus praised them as talented people who will succeed him… … .’
His insight was not wrong.
When the teaching assistant was sticking out his tongue while looking at the twins and the flame siblings.
“Give me this.”
Lois took the canteen and towel from Carney and walked away.
In the direction he was going, there was Sierra walking shakily.
“receive.”
Sierra saw a water bottle and towel in front of her.
Normally I might have refused, but I couldn’t afford to do that now.
“go… “Thank you.”
She wiped her sweat with a towel and rinsed her stuffy mouth.
After taking a few more sips, her expression brightened up a little.
Sierra said, holding a canteen and towel in her hands.
“This… “I’ll give it back to you later.”
“are you okay. “Because it’s not mine.”
“… … ?”
“It’s his.”
In response to her question, Lois sighed and pointed to one side.
There was a man with bloodshot eyes.
Sierra chuckled at this.
‘I almost know what happened.’
Four months since I first became paired with Lois.
Although I didn’t have much of a relationship with him yet, I was fully aware of how the interpersonal relationships around him were going.
Sierra trudged over and returned the towel and canteen to Vin.
She stood in front of Lois again and looked slightly sorry.
“… The aircraft was in excellent condition.”
I don’t know when Royce was working, but the aircraft was always in top condition every day there were joint classes.
It was the same today.
“My abilities were not enough.”
I gritted my teeth and chased after the four transcendental planes running ahead.
We were able to run about the same until the middle of the race, but the gap gradually widened.
The grade of 5th place was achieved due to lack of competency.
Sierra was upset about that and felt sorry for Lois, who was also a member of her team.
Lois chuckled at her apology.
‘He’s definitely not a bad kid.’
Last 4 months.
It was the worst first meeting, but as time went by, I was able to narrow the distance between me and her a little.
Of course, that doesn’t mean they became friends, but at least Lois knew that she wasn’t that bad and didn’t treat Sierra coldly.
After that, the two were able to get along without much disharmony, and thanks to that, Lois was able to learn one thing about Sierra.
‘… It feels like I’m being chased by something.’
Lois figured out that she had no time to spare.
This was because there was a faint hint of impatience in Sierra’s usual tone of voice.
‘Because it’s none of my business.’
Since he wasn’t going to stay here for long anyway, he had no intention of interfering with Sierra’s life.
Lois, who thought so, did not particularly comfort Sierra.
He just shrugged his shoulders and walked away from her.
About two hours passed like that.
“Except for the aircraft that fell behind, all have been returned.”
“Students have also completed gathering.”
At the assistant’s report, the first-class apprentice who was supervising on behalf of Agus went up to the podium.
He opened his mouth as he looked at the students lined up.
“Everyone had a hard time taking the first evaluation.”
The voice of a first-class apprentice filled with mana rang out everywhere.
“But you know very well that the real evaluation starts tomorrow.”
At that story, the eyes of those in the top 32 groups in the mobility evaluation brightened.
Practical evaluation tomorrow.
Through the so-called battle tournament, 25 people from 32 groups who will be in the first class next semester are decided.
In addition, there is a merit scholarship called the tournament scholarship and a tour of the Tower of Desire that only the top five groups can enjoy.
It was no wonder that the eyes of those ranked in the 32nd place sparkled.
“Once you graduate from the academy, the place you have to go is an arena of competition that cannot be compared to now. In that sense, those who don’t make it into the top 32 are no different from losers. Now, it’s just a matter of grades, but if you go out into society and fail like you do now… You will not survive.”
At the disciple’s words, the faces of those who did not make it into the top 32 darkened.
On the other hand, the faces of those who entered the top 32 were bright.
The first-class apprentice saw this with a bitter sneer.
“Why do you think it’s not you? Do you think the people below you are funny just because you have a slight edge over others? Article 7!”
“yes!”
“yes!”
“Do you guys, who are only ranked 32nd, have the right to laugh at 33rd? “If you had been a little late, you too would have been left out.”
“… … .”
“Don’t be conceited that your grades are just a little better than others. Those who are under you now will one day take your place… Because they will be the ones aiming for your head.”
The expressions of the members of the 32nd team, who had been laughing a moment ago, hardened at the dog’s harsh criticism.
“Okay, disperse!”
After a short command, the students dispersed.
The students in the control class dispersed, exhausted.
But the technology class students were different.
I had to immediately take care of the aircraft that had gone through today’s maneuver evaluation.
In particular, students in the top 32 technical classes have to stay up all night to maintain their aircraft.
That way, we can play the actual tournament tomorrow.
“quickly!”
“Move that over here!”
Technology class students are busy moving around.
Lois said, looking at Sierra, who did not go but stayed by her side.
“Aren’t you going?”
“… “Is there anything I can help you with?”
“Go and look in the mirror before you say that.”
“thing… wool?”
“You look like you’re on the verge of falling over right now.”
“… … .”
“If you go out of your way to help like that, you’ll collapse before you even take the practical evaluation tomorrow, right? “Just going and resting will help.”
“… i get it.”
Sierra nodded slightly and turned around.
Lois was staring at her back as she hurriedly walked away.
He immediately turned his head and stretched.
“I should finish quickly and rest.”
Anyway, to him, this was like playing house.
But I didn’t mean to get upset about it.
‘It’s a tour of the Tower of Desire…’ … .’
Although she didn’t really care about her class placement for the next semester, the scholarship and the tour of the Tower of Wishes were rewards that Lois was quite interested in.
‘I’d like to see you at least once.’
Instead of using the back roads to hide like last time.
It wouldn’t be a bad idea to go through the formal procedures and enter the Tower of Desire.
As Lois was thinking that, there was a shadow approaching behind him.
Lois turned her head with a sullen face at the familiar aura.
“What?”
The person standing behind Lois was none other than Vin.
He said with burning eyes.
“This time, Carney and I will win the actual evaluation. “You can never beat us.”
“… … ?”
“If we win… I’m going to confess to Carney. “Know that.”
With those words, Vin quickly turned his head and walked away from Lois.
Lois, who was staring blankly at the back, muttered as if it were absurd.
“Are you crazy? … “I fell asleep because of the damn disease.”
***
Early morning on the day of the actual tournament.
Thick-.
Sierra opened her eyes feeling a tingling pain in her chest.
She struggled to get her upper body up from the bed.
I saw my roommate still sleeping soundly in the bed across from me.
‘… ‘I need to wash up.’
Although it was still time, I thought it would be better to prepare early if I wanted to come to my senses even a little.
As she was trying to get out of bed, she stumbled the moment her feet touched the floor.
“Ugh!”
Sierra managed to turn around and fell on the bed instead of the floor.
The ceiling was spinning in a moment of dizziness.
At this, she bit her lip.
‘yesterday… ‘That was too much.’
The aftereffects of trying to catch up with the four transcendental cars ahead of us still remained.
She instinctively realized that her physical condition was unusual.
Sierra managed to raise her upper body again and sat down on the bed to relieve her dizziness.
‘… ‘Can we win?’
They are collectively known as the Monster Four, the new members of the control group.
In order to achieve his goal of winning, he had to defeat at least one of them.
Sierra was well aware of the difference between herself and them.
Also, you can never defeat them with your own skills.
At the moment of despair, someone’s face glimmers before my eyes.
Sierra gritted her teeth at this.
“… “You have to do it.”
I definitely had to win.
Because that is the minimum condition to cut off the net that is tying oneself up.
She awakened her fighting spirit and stood up again with strength.
***
Tom visits Harold’s lab to report after school.
He was startled by the scene inside the lab.
This is because the scene in the room was very different from the morning before when I came to deliver the test paper to Harold.
Hundreds of stacks of paper scattered in all directions.
A blackboard with white letters written on it, without any gaps.
And even Harold, who doesn’t even move while looking at the blackboard.
Tom became extremely nervous as the atmosphere was so different from usual.
He cautiously called Harold.
“Meister… … ?”
“… … .”
“Meister?”
Harold slowly turned around at Tom’s call.
And the moment Tom met his eyes, he took a step back.
“Huh?!”
When Harold turned around, his eyes were so intense.
Also, his eyes were filled with a variety of emotions including excitement, joy, anger, and surprise.
“Tom.”
“ah… yes?”
“Where is he?”
“Who are you talking about?”
“Someone named Lois.”
“yes?”
“That white-haired guy in lower class 1!”
Tom wasn’t sure who Harold was talking about.
But I knew where the other students were at this time.
“Ji, right now we are taking the finals of the lower level practical evaluation… Probably at the game venue… … .”
Before Tom could finish speaking, Harold ran out of the lab.
Even Tom, who had been watching Harold by his side for over a decade, reacted violently for the first time in his life.
“how… … .”
Behind the astonished Tom, late afternoon sunlight came through the window.
“… “What’s going on?”
Scarlet sunlight illuminated the blackboard that Harold had been staring at a moment ago.
At the same time, the grass transplant that Harold had proven for thirty hours turned orange.
At the end of the blackboard, which was shining bright red, were the answers that Lois had written on the test paper.
fantasy,
